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Pentax K-01 Digital Camera Review

$899.95
By Christopher Snow June 13, 2012
8.4
Better than 80% of Reviewed Digital Cameras
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Noise Reduction

Noise Reduction

This camera does an excellent job keeping distracting image noise below 1.00% through ISO 3200, even with noise reduction software turned completely off. At ISO 6400 and above, noise rates increase exponentially (though this is expected), up to 3.37% at ISO 25600. By comparison, the sensor only produces 0.40% noise at ISO 100. More on how we test noise.

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ISO Options

The K-01's ISO sensitivities start at 100 and stretch all the way to 25,600. It's not every camera that can go this far, both the Nikon J1 and Canon G1 X cannot. One convenient feature is the ability to customize the automatic ISO function to meter between 100 and any other sensitivity, including 25,600.

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Chris was born and raised less than ten miles from our editorial office, and even graduated from nearby Merrimack College. He came to Reviewed after covering the telecommunications industry, and has been moonlighting as a Boston area dining critic since 2008.
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